Lining and hinge reenforcement for cigar boxes



F. R. NEELY March v29, 1932.

LINING AND HINGE REENFORCEMENT FOR CIGAR BOXES Filed Nov. 2. 1927 lid.

Patented Mar. 29, 1932 :FRANK Bonsai-ts NEELY, OF ALLENIOWN,

PENNSYLVANIA;l AssiGNon fio A I1.

' BALLIET CORPORATION, or ALLEN'IOWN, PENNSYLVANIA," A CORPORATION" or PENNSYLVANIA LINING AND HINGE REENFOROEMENI Non GIGA-n BOXES Application led November 2, 1927. Serial No, 230,432. i

My invention relates to the lining and hinge reenforcement of cigar boxes. j

The main purpose of my invention is Vto simplify and cheapen the lining and hinge reenforcing Operations in a cigar box.. 'I accomplish this by using a stronger lining paper than usual and extending the lining paper to cover the inner face of the hinge and serve the additional purpose of hinge reenforcernent. Y

A further purpose is to facilitate machineplacing of box hinge reenforcements. In the drawings -I have shown aform of my invention which is inexpensive and thoroughly practicable and which at the saine time well illustrates the principles of my invention. 4

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigar box having my lining and hingereenforcement in position. I have omitted the normal inside label covering theV inner face of the lid and extending slightly down into the box. Y

Figure 2 is a section of Figure 1 taken upon line 2-2.

Figure 3 is a plan View to reduced scale showinga. lining and hinge reenforcement blank. y

Figure 4 is a section corresponding to Figure 2 but showing a partial lining only in the box. y'

Figure 5 is a plan View to reduced scale showing a partial lining with hinge reenforcement.

In the drawings similar numerals indi-V cate like parts.

The showing of the cigar box in the illustration is intended to be a conventional one showing the usual front 6, back 7, sides 8,

bottom 9 and lid 10. As usual, at the front and back the edges are droppedat 11 and 12 as compared with the edges 13 of the sides in order to provide place for theV lid.

The customary fabric hinge 14 is shown as attached to the upper edgeV ofthe back of the box and to the top and rear edge of the In the past it has been customary to use in addition an inside hinge reenforcement, glued to the upper inside surface of the back 7 down to somesuch point asl, and glued at its upper edge over the upper rear drop edge `12 of the box and over rthe inner rear face16 of the lid. This reenforcement has. preventedbreaking down of the lid of the box in the position shownV in Figures 2, 3 and l and'has more particularly made it possible Vto safely handle a box by the lid, even when the box is full of cigars. l l In this prior practicethe paper used for hinge reenforoement was very much stronger and thicker than Ythe paper used for the lining andthe paper of the lining overlapped the hinge-reenforcing str-ip. Thismeant a double thickness ofp'aper fors-part ofthe upper inside face of the back and` required two operations for'the vplacing of the lining and hinge reenforcement respectively.

. I have found that th lining and hinge reenforcement can be applied either by hand Aor by machine very much more cheaply-and conveniently by a single operation than by two operations and that it is not necessary to use for the purpose a paperas thiclrand strong as that now ordinarily used for `hinge reenforcement. They can be made ina single piece only slightlv stronger than the paper now used for the lining. V- f A single piece lining 17 is shown in Figure 1 and a part 17 ofatwo-piece lining 17 is shown in Figure 4. Whichever form is used Vthis lining glued to the back of the box is extended-at 18 so as to be glued to the rear drop edge 12 and-to the rear inner face of the lid at16 to offer the reenforcement.

Except for the extension 18and the st onger paper. the lining can be of any of the types previously used. I have shown conventional forms having the flaps 19 of suitable size and shape to it the inside faces of the front and back of the box, and the central portions 2O.l 20 adapted to cover all or a part of the bottom of the lbox and the end portions 21, if

desi red,'for the insides of theV ends ofthe box The additional weight of paper adds slightlyto the cost, to an amount, howeverynotf nearly approaching the saving in the labor cost in ,placingthe lining and hinge reenforcement. Y.

By using a single-sheet for lthe lining and for the hinge reenforcement I am able to( secure abetter hold of the hinge reenforcenient Within the back of the box,'Where this isv thought to be desirable, by extending the glu- .l

ingV down furtherthan is usual, Without hav,- ing to provide additionalpaper, as Would be the case With the separa-te strip. `This/.determinesthe extentof gluing from the hingereenforcement standpoint rather than yfroiiithat of the slight glue hold required to retain the lining.

My invention requires that the lid shall be ying.and'reenforcement can be handled very `much more easilybyamachiiie than can the,

muchV smaller reenforcement alone because the lining can be positionedand supported iii a machineand Within the box more easily and more accurately than can the separate hinge reenforcement strip.

Because my invention does not interfere with but is supplemental to the normal inside label covering the inner face of the lid and extending over the hingedl section and down into the Vupper part ofthe box have lnot il-v lustrated this label. v

It Vwillv be seen thatmy invention shortens vand' cheapens the operation of lining and .hingereenforcemenu permits alonger glue holdof the reenforcing paper Withinhtlie box l without; extension of depth ofl areenforcing member, and facilitates machine insertion of the hinge reenforcement.

,ual-fY whimv or particular need Will doubtless vbecome evident toothers skilled in the art,

to obtain part or all off the benefits of my invention Without copying the structure shown,

and I, therefore, claim I all suchin, so far as,

they fall Within the reasonable spirit and scope ofV my invention. v

Having -thus described my invention Whatl I clainias new anddesire to secure-by Let'- ters Patent is: v

v1. A cigar box having a drop-lid back and a lid'inline With the upper edge of the back, a'lining member and hinge reenforcement Y. separate from the inside lid labelfglued to,k

the normal' strength of box linings andsuffioient for use in place of the inside hinge l reeiiforcement.

3. A cigar kbox having a drop-lid back and av lid in line With the upper edge vof the back, e

a hinge strip glued directly to the upper n outer face of the back of the box and to the rear edge of the rear outer Aface of the lid, V- a lining` member and insidehinge lreenfrorcey nient free from lithographing glued to the inside of the back near the top and extending over and glued to the drop-lid edge of the back of the box and the inside rear surface ofthe lid` and having much greater extension Within the box than. over the lid. Y

4. A cigar box having a drop-lid back and a lid in line with the upper edge of the back and a lining member intended to be supplef mental to the inside-,lid label'and itself ,free i from lithographie decoration glued to the Vin-Y side of the back near the top and extending over and gluedv to the drop-lid edge of the back of the box and the inside rear surfaceof the lid and taking the place of the normal- 'Y inside hinge reenforcement.

5. As an article of manufacture, a paper blank comprising a` cigar box lining member and inside hinge reenforcement having one edge extending beyond the lining edgefor hinge reenforcement purposes, from the box upy over the `lower inside surface lof the lid, the strength of the paper of the lining and extension being sucieiit forv hinge reenforcement purposes intermediate betweenthe normal strength of box linings and the normal.

strength of inside hinge reenforcements.

6. A cigar box having va drop-lid back and a lid in line with the upper edge of the back? y In viewv ofv my rinvention and disclosure' variations and modifications to meet individand a lining member for the box glued to the inside ofthe back of the box near the top, extending over and glued to the droplid edge of the back of the box and the inside rear surface of the lid'intended to be supplemental to the inside lid label, composed of paper ofstrength intermediate between the normal strength of boxlinings and the -normal strength of ,inside hingereenforcements and having much greater extension Within the box than upon the inside surface ofthe lid. Y

FRANK RODGERS NEELY. j

the inside ofthe back near theV top and'exfA blank comprising a cigar box lining member and inside hinge reenforcenient having vone edgeV extending beyond -tlie' lining edge for 'hinge reenforcement purposes, the strength of the paper and extension being greater than llt) 

